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Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia and the Pacific: The Role of Education

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Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Concerns about the impact of human activities on the environment and cultural heritage led to the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Joint UNESCO-UNEP International Environmental Education Programme, and the World Heritage Convention in the early 1970s.

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    Caroline Smith

  3. School of Education, College of Arts, Law, and Education, Hobart, TAS, Australia

    Jane Watson

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Power, C. (2023). Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia and the Pacific: The Role of Education. In: Beasy, K., Smith, C., Watson, J. (eds) Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Education for Sustainability, vol 7. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5_2

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